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Valley Transit reports ridership decline, pauses driver recruitment amid staffing shortage
Summary
Valley Transit presented November–December financials and ridership data showing a year-to-date ridership decline, reported an ongoing driver shortage that led staff to pause new recruitments, and announced retirement of long-serving grants/finance staffer Deb.
Valley Transit staff told the board the agency’s November and December financial and ridership reports show ongoing operational pressures and a continuing staffing shortfall.
Finance staff Kristen told the board the November payments totaled about $551,000 with line items including roughly $54,000 in admin costs, $91,000 in vehicle maintenance and $170,000 in building maintenance; she flagged a $65,000 installment to GMV Synchromatics for a hardware upgrade and a $167,000 payment to Kooning Architects for engineering on the Whitman project. December payments increased to about $880,000, driven principally by quarterly…
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